View Full Version : Contextmenu's position
hi,
does anyone know if there is a way to make the position of the dialogcontextmenu absolute? it seems as if the position isn't the same, like it jumps to a position based on the window it's called from.
that way changing the background and button location isn't an option (that would give me some flexibility) since it might 'fall of the screen' in some windows.
any idea's?
tia,
cheers,
cactus.
jmarshall
2005-07-17, 19:44
no, you can't position it will-nilly. it's a context menu, and is positioned so that it is in context.
you can, however, change the button look and the relative button position no problem at all.
if you give a little bit more detail on what you are trying to do (and why) i might be able to help further.
ok,
i was just wondering if there was a way since i didn't like the position of the menu in some windows.
thanks for the info.
cheers,
cactus
hi,
i'm having a problem now witch might explain why i wanted to position the menu.
i'm using the dutch language and that sometimes means the length of certain strings become much larger as they are in default english. i had to make the context menu wider for some strings used in the filemanger. now the menu goes beyond the bounderies of the screen in the home window, i guess because i use the buttonscroller?
people will complain about this if they use my skin, at least my wife does...
it's not like i'm i won't survive this, but still. *:p
cheers,
cacti
can you post some screenshots of your problem?
np,
the red line is about the last bit that is visible on the screen...
http://www.xspoints.net/screenshot-home.png
like i said, it's not a major problem, with my tv the labels are still complete but with other tv's that doesn't have to be the case. if giving a location to show up was possible this problem shouldn't have to occur.
cacti
jmarshall
2005-07-20, 13:28
why don't you center the labels on the context menu? easy fix.
the reason it isn't positionable is because it would have to change in every screen.
on the home screen it positions it in such a way that it doesn't overlap the actual scroller. moving the scroller a little to the right would fix it as well.
hi,
hmm, "change in every screen" didn't think of that. thanks for the tips, i'll move the scroller to make it fit.
/cacti